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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of all participants with different sexes included in this study

From: Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based metabolomic profiling reveals sex differences of lipid metabolism among the elderly from Southwest China

Variable (SEM/%)

Male (16)

Female (15)

t value

p Value

Age (year)

62.56 ± 2.43

65.73 ± 1.96

-1.009

0.312

Smoking (%)

9 (56.3%)

0

11.889

0.001

Alcohol consumption (%)

4 (25%)

0

2.368

0.124

Hypertension (%)

8 (50%)

4 (26.7%)

1.777

0.183

Diabetes mellitus (%)

1 (6.3%)

1 (6.7%)

0.000

1.000

Hypercholesterolemia (%)

7 (43.8%)

2 (13.3%)

2.157

0.142

CHD (%)

1 (6.3%)

2 (13.3%))

0.003

0.953

TC (mmol/L)

4.516 ± 0.196

4.333 ± 0.115

0.790

0.174

TG (mmol/L)

1.739 ± 0.111

1.411 ± 0.138

1.860

0.477

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.200 ± 0.088

1.318 ± 0.085

-0.962

0.812

LDL-c (mmol/L)

2.984 ± 0.203

2.826 ± 0.119

0.657

0.097

Apo-A1 (g/L)

1.297 ± 0.055

1.366 ± 0.064

-0.820

0.738

Apo-B (g/L)

0.985 ± 0.069

0.873 ± 0.034

1.423

0.054

Lpa (mg/L)

181.33 ± 62.97

186.57 ± 75.35

-0.054

0.920

  1. SEM standard error of the mean, CHD coronary heart disease, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-c high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Apo-A1 apolipoprotein A1, Apo-B apolipoprotein, Lpa lipoprotein a